Car routing system for railroads



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BY THEIR ATTORNEY 

1. IN A SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING AND REGISTERING CODES FOR THE ROUTING OF SUCCESSIVE CARS OF A TRAIN TO SELECTED ONES OF A PLURALITY OF DESTINATIONS, SAID CODES BEING FORMED BY CODE CHARACTERS CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH OF THE PLURALITY OF DESTINATIONS OF SAID CARS, COMPRISING CODE RECEIVING MEANS FOR STORING TEMPORARILY A PLURALITY OF THE CODES IN A PREDETERMINED SEQUENCE, A PERMANENT AND REPLACEABLE CODE STORAGE MEANS TO PERMANENTLY STORE MAGNETICALLY IN A SELECTED ROW AND COLUMN A PLURALITY OF CODE CHARACTERS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE DESTINATION OF EACH CAR, LINE ADDRESS SELECTION MEANS WHEN ACTIVATED TO SELECT EACH CODE STORED IN THE PERMANENT STORAGE MEANS IN A PREDETERMINED SUCCESSION, CIRCUIT CONTROL MEANS GOVERNED BY THE LINE AD- 